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Tag: Rachel McAdams

  • Are You Human or Special Effects?

    Some film guru once stated that there are two types of movies: those stories about the human condition (timeless tales), and those that show you something you could never see otherwise (special effects extravaganzas). Right now, you can see two prime examples of these movie types, each a standout in its particular weight class. For…

  • Pity Morley Safer

    Imagine you’ve spent a distinguished career as a respected journalist, and you finally get a shot to appear in a feature film alongside Bob Schieffer and Chris Matthews and HARRISON FORD! You’d be thinking, I’m golden, I got me some cinematic gold dust to sprinkle on my career. Unfortunately, the movie is a miserable mess…

  • 263 Years of Movie Eye Candy (And A Timeless Tale)

    We’re talkin’ movies, babe. Big honking blockbustery movies. The kind of movies that make sitting in the dark with a bunch of total strangers worthwhile and not as sleazy as it sounds.